Resources for designers

There are a variety of resources and tools available to Penn Medicine digital designers who want to adopt the new Penn Medicine design system.

For designers, a design system provides a clear, consistent framework to work within. It streamlines decision-making by offering ready-to-use components and styles that align with Penn Medicine’s brand and accessibility standards. This allows designers to focus on solving user problems and improving the experience, rather than redrawing the same elements or worrying about visual alignment. It also makes collaboration with developers more seamless, since everyone is working from the same foundation.

Brand identity

The Penn Medicine brand is an essential part of maintaining a cohesive and recognizable identity. Use these resources to align your digital designs with our branding guidelines:

Penn Medicine design system in Figma

Our design system provides a set of core design elements to ensure consistency and efficiency. Access all digital design assets through Figma:

  • Design system directory - Here you'll find the atoms, molecules, and organisms files that form the Penn Medicine design system as well as predefined layouts and templates to streamline your workflow.

Figma kits

Our Figma kits help designers quickly implement the Penn Medicine design system across projects. Access the official kits here:

  • System kit - A guide to understand how our atomic design system works.
  • Documentation kit - A structured guide to our design system, ensuring consistency across projects.
  • Templates kit - Ready-to-use page templates to speed up design workflows.

Getting started & support

If you're new to the Penn Medicine design system, these resources will help you get up and running:

  • How to start - How to start using Figma.
  • Help & guidelines - Contact Figma for help about their platform.
  • Community - Explore, install, and use thousands of templates, plugins, and widgets published to the Figma community by designers and developers.

Contact & access

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